Technology and Change

Senior Data Engineer (Snowflake & dbt)   A London-based insurer is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to help design, build, and scale its modern data platform. You’ll play a key role in transforming raw data into reliable, well-structured datasets that power analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across the business.   Key Responsibilities of the Senior Data Engineer: Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT workflows Build and optimize data models using dbt to support analytics and business intelligence Manage and enhance our Snowflake data warehouse environment Ensure data quality, integrity, and performance across pipelines Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders to understand data needs Implement testing, monitoring, and documentation for data systems Contribute to data architecture decisions and best practices   Essential skills of the Senior Data Engineer: Strong experience with Snowflake (data modelling, performance tuning, cost optimization) Proven expertise in dbt (modelling, testing, documentation, CI/CD workflows) Advanced SQL skills and deep understanding of data warehousing concepts Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Experience with version control (e.g., Git) and modern engineering practices   Rate: £600 - £700 P/D Outside IR35 Location: London, EC3A / WFH hybrid Contract Duration: 6 months Start Date: ASAP

Technology Platform Lead Permanent | Full-Time | London In‑office (Mon–Thurs) Are you ready to take full ownership of an organisation’s core technology platform and shape the backbone of its digital future? This newly created senior role offers the rare chance to architect, build, and run an enterprise‑grade integration and orchestration landscape for a growing specialist insurance business. As the Technology Platform Lead, you’ll be the senior technical authority for how applications communicate, how data flows across the estate, and how automation and interoperability come together to enable true digital transformation. Reporting directly to the Head of Data, Technology & Digital Transformation, you will define strategy, set architectural standards, and lead delivery for a central integration platform—replacing years of contractor-led development with a cohesive, scalable, long-term vision. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with genuine ownership of critical platforms and architectural components. Key Responsibilities Platform & Architecture Ownership Define strategy, standards and reference architecture for a new enterprise integration platform. Lead design of a scalable orchestration layer supporting APIs, events, file flows and cloud‑native patterns. Establish reusable integration patterns and blueprint processes for future growth. Delivery & Governance Oversee documentation of all systems, triggers and data flows. Migrate legacy point‑to‑point integrations to centralised, modern patterns. Ensure platform security, data integrity, performance and compliance with enterprise standards. Manage external integration partners, contractors and specialist consultancies. Engagement & Innovation Translate business and operational requirements into clear technical integration solutions. Collaborate with vendors and an external MSP to ensure stability, scalability and resilience. Drive cloud‑readiness, automation, modularity and future AI‑enabled capabilities. Core Competencies (Please Self‑Rank & Provide 1 Sentence Evidence for Each) Technical Enterprise integration architecture experience (design delivery). Strong command of APIs, event-driven patterns, queues, webhooks and orchestration methods. Hands‑on with Azure APIM, MuleSoft, Boomi, WSO2, Kafka, Airflow or similar. Understanding of data lineage, transformation and complex data flows. Enterprise security, IAM and API governance expertise. (Desirable) Exposure to Lloyd’s or London Market insurance systems. Leadership & Behavioural Ability to define, communicate and embed architectural strategy. Track record owning and evolving enterprise platforms. Experience leading internal teams and managing third‑party delivery partners. Strong stakeholder engagement across business and technology. Pragmatic, commercially aware decision‑maker. Why This Role? This is your opportunity to build the backbone of a business-critical technology ecosystem, shape a modern integration platform from the ground up, and influence the long-term digital transformation of a specialist insurer. If you’re a senior technologist who loves building scalable platforms the right way — we’d love to hear from you. Apply now or message me directly for a confidential conversation.

Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Manager (Hybrid | Permanent | Competitive Package) Are you ready to take ownership of an organisation’s resilience across technology, operations, and critical services? This is a high‑impact role at the centre of a modern, digitally‑enabled business — where you’ll shape how the organisation withstands disruption, recover quickly, and stay operational when it matters most. Why This Role Matters As businesses become increasingly dependent on cloud platforms, digital services, data, and third‑party ecosystems, resilience is no longer a regulatory tick‑box — it’s a strategic imperative. You will be the driving force behind strengthening resilience across the entire technology and operational landscape. What You’ll Lead Designing and enhancing Operational Resilience, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (DR) frameworks Technology resilience planning across infrastructure, cloud, networks, applications, and data Organisation‑wide Business Continuity Plan ownership and governance Major incident and crisis response coordination DR and continuity testing — scenario, tabletop, live and technology‑led Cyber‑resilience integration with security and incident response teams Third‑party and outsourced service resilience mapping Physical security and facilities‑based resilience oversight Executive‑level reporting and stakeholder engagement What You’ll Bring Proven experience in Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery or Technology Risk Strong awareness of IT architecture, cloud services, infrastructure, and tech‑led recovery processes Confidence leading incident response and crisis coordination Experience with resilience exercises, DR walkthroughs, failover testing, and scenario simulations Ability to work cross‑functionally with Technology, Cyber Security, Operations, Facilities and senior leadership Excellent communication and influencing skills (working with CIO, COO etc)  A proactive mindset, able to spot vulnerabilities and drive resilience improvements What’s on Offer A visible, business‑critical position with C level sponsorship Freedom to shape and mature the resilience strategy A collaborative environment with strong investment into digital and operational evolution Opportunities to influence culture, ways of working and executive‑level decision‑making If you want to have genuine impact, drive organisational resilience forward, and work at the intersection of technology and operational leadership — this is the role for you. Apply now for immediate consideration!!!